The Explanatory Autonomy of the Biological Sciences
Author:   Wei Fang (Shanxi University, China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367693510


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   24 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Wei Fang (Shanxi University, China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367693510


ISBN 10:   0367693518
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   24 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction 2. Multiple Realization and Reductionism 3. Explanation in Biology: Context Dependence, Extra Information, and Pragmatics 4. Are Laws the Only Things That Matter? 5. Models That Matter: The Similarity View 6. A Holistic View of the Model-World Relationship 7. How Biological Models are Explanatory 8. Conclusion

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Wei Fang is Associate Professor in the Research Centre for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Shanxi University, China. His research topics include scientific explanation, models and modeling, causal modeling, mechanisms, among others, and has published a number of papers in, among others, Philosophy of Science, Biology & Philosophy, and Synthese.

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